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THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 24, 1940

Casualties of the B.E.F. have been enjoying the amenities of a once famous public school, which has now been turned into a hospi tal. In the peace and comfort of these surroundings they soon res- pond to the care of the hospital staff, fit and ready to "do their bit" once again. Photo shows convalescent members of the B.E.F. at a physical training class to get them in trim. (Copyright, Fox).

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The latest list of subscrriptions re- ceived to-date for credit of The British War Organisation Fund, Hong Kong Branch follows:-

WAR MEMORIES G OF 25 YEARS AGO

the

awarded battle

that

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The Admiralty announces H.M.S. Roxburgh has been hit by torpedo in the North Sea. There were no casualties and she sustained only slight damage.

(From the "China Mail" files). June 24, 1915

Lance-Corporal F. Fisher, of 13th Canadians, has been Previously Acknowledged $550,043.17, the V.C. for gallantry in the P.S.S. & Surveyors in Memory of before St. Jullen. He advanced with a machine-gun under heavy fire and J. C. Brown $12 W. R. Loxley & Co. (China) Ltd., for Stamps $100, Cald- helped cover the retreat of a battery, He returned, got beck Mecgregor & Co. Ltd. for Stamps losing four men. $40, Sale of Stamps $214, Lum. Fook four men, and went back to the fir- Lye (Monthly) $20, Anonymous $ing line and was killed while bring- Anonymous $20, Anonymous $100, ing the machine-gun into action-under- "The Family" $60, The Ship's Com- very heavy fire to cover an advance. pany, H.M.S. "Thanet" $100, Dr & Mrs. E. S. Tai $20, Davis Brooke & Gran (monthly) $70, John Forbes (Monthly) $25, Mr. & Mrs. L. E. Lammert $100 D. C. Davis (Monthly) $25, Anonymous $10, A. Ç. Meredith (Monthly) $100, Messers. Gordon's Ltd. $10, Mrs M. M. Drake $10, E. R. Williams $150 L. E. N. Ryan $100, Q. A. I. M. N. S. Mess $15, M. G. Carruthers (Monthly) $30, L. Tyler $20, The Union Trading Co. Ltd. $250, Sale of Stamps $124.60, Sale of Stamps $40, St. Stephen's Girls School Ambulance Fund $800, Asia Life In- surance Co.. $1,000, C. V. Starr & Co. Fed. Inc. U.S.A. $1,000, Underwriters Bank for the Far East Inc. $1,000 D..W.

A Belgian column has captured Hume (Monthly) $10, Metropolitan Kumissenje, an important station Land Co. Ltd. $1,000, D. C. Edmondston the north-east shore of Lake Kuvu, (Monthly) $250, Rey. & Mrs. T. A. German East Africa; they have des- Broadfoot (Monthly) $5, Miss E. Rileytroyed the fortifications there.

It is estimated that there are over 2,000,000 Austro-German troops on the 100-mile front from the Lower Taney

to Miklojev, from which point there are 450,000 along the Dniester front, Altogether, there are 4,000,000 enemy troops from the Baltic to Bukovina.

Many Austrian regiments have been sent back to Galicia as the Czechs and Slavs are refusing to fight the Allies, One battery was discovered carefully firing into the air!

$20, Central British School $230 Am- erican Asiatic Underwriters $1,000, Hui Pee Koat $25, Lau Hing Choy $25, Hing Wo Co. $12, Wah Fat Co. $12, Chinese General Chamber of Commerce & The J Chung Sing Benevolent Society, Thea-

LOCAL SHARES

on

Following is the list of changes and

trical Performance Fund $2,250.09, enquiries in local share quotations to- Mrs. U. Sze Wing $100, Miss IN. | day:- Watkins $40, Anonymous $20, Sale of Stamps $162, International Assurance C. Ltd. $1,000 A. Rosenbloom Totals $561,824.86.

MING, LANI

$50.

LANDS, HOTELS & BLDGS. H.K. Lands $30 sa.

PUBLIC UTILITIES H.K. Tramways $141⁄4 sa.

INDUSTRIALS

'Cements $134 sa.

LAST DAY'S SALES

25 Lands @ $30

500 Trams @ $14. 700 Cements @ $13%

MANILA SHARES Atoks Ps. .13 b., X.D. Baguio Gold Ps. 14 sa. Big Wedge Ps. 14 sa. Consol Mines Ps. .0017 sa.

East Mindanao Ps. .06.sa.

I.X.L. Ps. 221⁄2 sa.

Ipo Gold Ps. .05 sa.

Masbates Ps. .00 sa.

Mind. Mother Lode. Ps. .07% sa.

Mine Operation Ps. .08% b.

San Mauricio a 50 b.

Suyoc Consol. Ps. .09 sa. United Paracales Ps. .15% b.

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LOCAL DOLLAR

The demand rate on the Hong Kong dollar to-day was 1/2 7/8. *

and at

The cross rate London/New York was quoted at £-U.S.$4.0250 the New York/London rate

-U.S.$373-1/2,

́WEATHER REPORT

The Royal Observatory reports that- pressure is highest over the Pacific to the east of Japan and is relatively low over China generally,